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Gríma, Saruman's Footman

Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)

{2}{U}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

Gríma can't be blocked. Whenever Gríma deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Plays as
Cast From ExileCombat Damage Trigger
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal

Versions

5 printings · from $1.45

The Hobbit Eternal
2026#33In products
Borderless
The Hobbit Eternal
2026#73In products
BorderlessSurge Foil
Tales of Middle-earth Commander
2023#464In products
ShowcaseScrollSilver Foil
Tales of Middle-earth Commander
2023#57CheapestIn products
Tales of Middle-earth Commander
2023#140In products
Extended Art

Rulings

6 · latest Jun 16, 2023
  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    If that player exiles their entire library without exiling an instant or sorcery card, they will randomize the order of the exiled cards, and the cards then become that player's library, ending the effect. They will not continue to exile and randomize their library forever.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    If the spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't pay any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    If you choose not to cast the card, it is put on the bottom of its owner's library in a random order along with the other exiled cards.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    The cards are exiled face up. All players will be able to see them.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    You cast the card while the ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn.